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Spiders!!!

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shhhh · 13/09/2006 21:11

Is anyone else home full of them..?? While in bed the other night I spied one and dh spied one. Both ended up under his shoe. Both sat in his office..yet another one..it's escaped .

WTF..Where are they coming from..???!!!!!!!!!!

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frumpygrumpy · 13/09/2006 21:13

I just chased a HUGE one round the kichen with a can of Raid. He's currently dying under the couch and I could be passing out because of the amount of Raid I sprayed. Its the weather and the time of year, slightly cooler and they head in to feel part of a warm, comfy, family.

WELL THEY CAN F*** OFF!!!!

Kelly1978 · 13/09/2006 21:14

u are so mean, fg!
I haven't seen so many spiders, but daddylonglegs and wasps.

Beauregard · 13/09/2006 21:16

Just had one run out from settee and under the tv cabinet ,i screeched at dp and begged him to kill it.
It really upsets me when i see them,churns my stomach its awful.

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shhhh · 13/09/2006 21:16

LOL..!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DH & I are currently posl..! Thing is they are awful ugly ones (which spider is good looking..??!). Big bodies with huge long gangily legs..URGGHHHH......! Now dh is in the dog house as that one that has escaped could be sharing our bed tonight.!

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Beauregard · 13/09/2006 21:17

Even your description made me queasy , i kid you not.

JonesTheSteam · 13/09/2006 21:18

Daddylonglegs everywhere here too, Kelly

Loads of spiders out in garden, but not so many inside!!! (Don't really mind them - will quite happily pick 'em up in a glass!!)

Socci · 13/09/2006 21:18

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shhhh · 13/09/2006 21:18

yeah daddy long legs are just as bad..Not totally as bad but they are awful things. Never know what direction they are off in.

Spiders though euugghh.

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shhhh · 13/09/2006 21:19

jts. Pick them up...PICK THEM UP..???!!! Now that is just sick. They deserve the bottom of dh's size 10's.!

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JonesTheSteam · 13/09/2006 21:19

And they don't live long, do they? (daddylonglegs, I mean).

Isn't their life cycle about three days or something daft?

Don't really mind them either - but wasps!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Beauregard · 13/09/2006 21:20

I walked up our driveway today and the pushchair brushed the edge of the front lawn and loads of the damn daddies flew up

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shhhh · 13/09/2006 21:21

their life cycle is even less if they enter our home. Thats the same for all insects.! Evil evil things.

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bamboo · 13/09/2006 21:22

Apparently numbers are really up this year . dd has insisted on keeping an enormous dead one we found this morning. I'm just wondering if I can get away with chucking it in the bin but she's bound to remember and ask for it tomorrow! Urrgh!

MegaLegs · 13/09/2006 21:22

I have a pretty bad spider phobia and this time of year is a nightmare for me. It's only the big house spiders I can't cope with. Cooler, wetter weather brings them in. On Sunday night dh removed three for me in under 10 mins. I'm twitchy and sweating from just typing about them!

UrsulatheSeaWitch · 13/09/2006 21:22

Ooooh, there was a piece about this in the Guardian t'other day. Will go search. (The big roaming beasties are males on the prowl it said)

JonesTheSteam · 13/09/2006 21:23

Spiders are quite harmless though - can't hurt you (unless you live in OZ, of course!!!) Same of daddylonglegs.

Wasps are truly evil!!! They sting just for the hell of it.

At least bees only sting in self defence.

Wasps are the work of the devil!!!

MegaLegs · 13/09/2006 21:24

AAARRRGGGHHH thanks Bamboo! I keep wal;king into a big web that one makes acroos the front door everymorning - the boys watch in silence from the car as I leap around, frantically brushing myself off and screaming.

NotQuiteCockney · 13/09/2006 21:25

I quite like spiders, and have been impressed by the pony-sized ones I've been seeing this year.

Ok, they do startle me sometimes, but I like them really, and would never kill them.

(There are dangerous spiders closer than Australia - there are black widow spiders in France, where they kill a few people every year.)

UrsulatheSeaWitch · 13/09/2006 21:25

God, it was only yesterday!

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shhhh · 13/09/2006 21:25

LOL "Wasp's are the work of the devil" .

Thing is in our home dh & I are like a couple of screaming kids..! We both hate them BUT suppose he's the man of the house so it's his role..!! Thats my excuse anyway .

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shhhh · 13/09/2006 21:29

ursula, thats very interesting..thanks. Still hate them though .

No one has died from a spider in the uk...YET..! .

I'm now off to bed...several spider checks will be done first though.!

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frumpygrumpy · 13/09/2006 21:37

Oh Kelly, its not been the best night and the spider was just there at the wrong time . I am sending myself off MN having farted about here for an hour, gona get my jobs done and cook dinner. I should be going to be early since I'm all out of patience.... Nomally if they pop in I run a mile but tonight FRUMPY WON!!

Take care of you honey. I'll sleep if you do....

Kelly1978 · 13/09/2006 21:40

cook dinner, now?! I'm planning to try to go to bed at 10. need to catch up, only got 4 hrs yest. willt ake tablet if all else fails. Hope tomo better for you. take care x

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